Author: Anthony McCarten
- Non-Fiction
- Editorial Crítica
- ISBN: 9786077474746
- Release Date: 02-12-2018
Synopsis
Este es el relato del tiempo angustioso que vivió Gran Bretaña en mayo de 1940, desde el día 10, en que las tropas de Hitler iniciaron la invasión de Holanda, hasta el 29, cuando los soldados británicosy franceses derrotados por los alemanes embarcaron en Dunquerque para refugiarse en Inglaterra. Esta es una historia que se suele narrar en tonos de epopeya, pero que aquí se revive en torno a la figura de Winston Churchill, de acuerdo con la verdad de aquellos días inciertos, reconstruida con una amplia documentación, que incluye las discusiones del gobierno, y con los testimonios de sus contemporáneos. McCarten nos muestra las dudas de unos días en que se pensó seriamente en negociar con Hitler, aceptando la victoria que había puesto Europa entera en sus manos, y nos descubre la evolución que llevó a Winston Churchill a manifestar, el 4 de junio, su voluntad decidida de no rendirse, aunque hubiese que luchar contra los alemanes en las playas, en un discurso que iba a cambiar el rumbo de la historia.
From the acclaimed novelist and screenwriter of The Theory of Everything comes a revelatory look at the period immediately following Winston Churchill's ascendancy to Prime Minister-soon to be a major motion picture starring Gary Oldman. "He was speaking to the nation, the world, and indeed to history..." May, 1940. Britain is at war. The horrors of blitzkrieg have seen one western European democracy after another fall in rapid succession to Nazi boot and shell. Invasion seems mere hours away. Just days after becoming Prime Minister, Winston Churchill must deal with this horror-as well as a skeptical King, a party plotting against him, and an unprepared public. Pen in hand and typist-secretary at the ready, how could he change the mood and shore up the will of a nervous people?. In this gripping day-by-day, often hour-by-hour account of how an often uncertain Churchill turned Britain around, the celebrated Bafta-winning writer Anthony McCarten exposes sides of the great man never seen before. He reveals how he practiced and re-wrote his key speeches, from 'Blood, toil, tears and sweat' to 'We shall fight on the beaches'; his consideration of a peace treaty with Nazi Germany, and his underappreciated role in the Dunkirk evacuation; and, above all, how 25 days helped make one man an icon. Using new archive material, McCarten reveals the crucial behind-the-scenes moments that changed the course of history. It's a scarier-and more human-story than has ever been told. "McCarten's pulse-pounding narrative transports the reader to those springtime weeks in 1940 when the fate of the world rested on the shoulders of Winston Churchill. A true story thrillingly told. Thoroughly researched and compulsively readable."-Michael F. Bishop, Executive Director of the International Churchill Society.
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